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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
WEEKLY CROP SUMMARY.
Recent COpious Rains Have Improved
the Outlook for Winter Wheat.


CHICAGO, April 24.-Following is the
weekly crop summary of the Farmers Re-
view: Rains have materially improved the
crop conditions in Kansas, Missouri, Ken
lucky, Illinois and Indiana, and partic-
ularly has improved the outlook for winter
wheat, while in Iowa, Nebraska, Mime
sofa and Dakota the seeding Of the spring
wheat has proceeded under generally favor
able conditions in consequence Of season.
able rain. The average condition, however,
of winter wheat, except in Missouri, is tall
ing generally below that Of last year. Very
few counties of Ohio report the prospect
of an average crop. In Tcumbul, Seneca,
Putnam, Portage, Noble, Lake, Knox and
yield is estimated at from 40 to go per cent.
of an average crop-averages which fall
considerably below the estimates made at
the same time one year ago. In Indiana
the percentages of the condition range
higher, and generally run from So to so
per cent. of an average. In Ford and
Perry Counties, of Illinois, the prospect is
not regarded as favorable for more
than one-half an average crop,
but the general averages of
the State range from 65 to 90
per cent, the southern tier of counties
making the poorest showing. In Wiscon-
sin, the average OF the counties reporting
this week ranges from 75 to 80 per cent.
There have been fine rains throughout
nearly all of Kansas, relieving the serious
drought and improving the outlook for
winter wheat. The average OF condition
falls somewhat below that of last yesr. The
reports from Iowa and Minnesota indicate
a full average acreage sown to spring
wheat and an increase OF acreage IN Ne
braska and Dakota.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
FIVE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED.
FrightfuI Accident on the Northern Pa
cific Railway.

cific Railway
SPOKANE FALLS, w. T., April 24.-It has
Just been learned that on Thursday after
noon, between and o'clock, a terrible
accident occurred on the Cascade Dlvis-
ion of the Northern Pacific Railway,
four miles beyond Chelum. A west
bound train, pushing fiat-car loaded with
laborers, was going around the curve lead.
ing to a trestle at a good rate of speed,
when it ran into an engine which was run
ming east, backing up. The fiat-car passed
half way through the tender of the light
engine, and the other end crushed up
against the pilot of the west-bound train,
on which were two men. The unfortunate
men were crushed to pulp. The light
engine was knocked eighty feet. Five
men were killed outright, and one has
since died. The injured number eighteen.
All of the physicians of Ellensburg were
Immediately sent to the scene by a special
train, and have been rendering all the
service possible. The scene OF the accident,
as described by those present, beggars de-
scription. Blood is scattered in every di-
rection, and the neighboring rocks bear
evidence of fearful carnage. The acci.
dent was the fault of one of the trains
crew neglecting to flag as per orders. The
dead-and injured were brought to Chelum
Thursday night. This is the first accident
that has happened on this division of road.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
THE ScHNABELEs INCIDENT.
Documents Sent to Berlin Relating to the
French Officials Arrest.

trencn Omc1aPs Arrest
BERLIN, April 24.-The French Govern
ment has sent to Berlin documents reiat-
ing to the Schnabeles affair, including
Schnabeles to meet him.
The North German Gazette SAYS that
Schnabeles tried to escape back TO Grench
territory when siezed by the German
agents, but that he was overtaken before
he could cross tpe frontier line.
The Montagsblatt declares that Selma
beles had six subordinate agents who were
acting as spies for General Boulanger, the
French war minister. One of these agents,
man named Kuhn was dismissed by Selma.
beles and subsequently entered the German
service. He made revelations which led
to the arrest of other agents, and much
evidence was collected thereby against
Schnabeles, who was notified some weeks
ogo that warrant had been issued for his
arrest, and would be executed if he crossed
the frontier.
Schnabeles was visited IN prison at Metz
yesterday by his wife and son.
They we're allowed to converse through
the bars in German for twenty
five minutes. They were stopped by
the warden when they began to
talk of the arrest. The authorities handed
to the wife the articles found in Schnabele's
possession. 1t is reported in some quarters
that il was with the object of seeing his
pocket-book and other papers containing
memoranda useful to Germany that the
arrest of Schnabele's was ordered.
Commissary Gautsch, in his second let.
ter TO Schnabeles, offers excuses for his
failure to meet Schnabeles and concl udes
as follows:
"The communication is so inter esting
that l am anxious to make 1t to you with
out informing the German authori ties of
the fact. beg Of you to come lone to
the rendezvous"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
ProposaI to Leave the x. of L.

PITTsBURG, Pa, April 25.-The glass
packers will again apply for admission 20
the Flint Glass-Workers' Union at the
convention to be held by that organization
in July. Application was made at the last
convention, but it was refused because
the packers in the East were not organized.
Organizers were accordingly sent out, and
the whole trade, East and West, is now in
the Knights of Labor. The proposal to
leave the order and join the union is ex-
pected to meet with strong resistance from
other Knights of Labor, but it will be
carried out. This change will carry over
to the Flint Glass Workers Union be-
tween 1,400 and 1900 men, already thor
OughlV organjZed
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Rorcottinc Labor IonrnaIs.

PITTsBURG, April 25.-The Chronicle
Telegraph, in lengthy article this after
noon, states that the general officers of the
Knights of Labor have declared war on all
who are not in accord with the present ad-
ministration. To this end a list of twenty
two labor papers which have supported
the administration has been indorsed
through the official organ of the Knights
of Labor. The publication, it is claimed,
is occasioning intense Indignation, as 1t is
regarded as practically placing boycott
on the 500 other labor journals throughout
the country. The list is to be increased as
each paper indorses the administration. 1 1
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID,
Statement OF Hon. william Dorsheimer,
of New York,

New YoRK, April 25.-Hon. William
Dorsheimer makes the following state
ment: sin view of the reports which
have been sent out by the Washington
correspondents of some Western news
papers 1 think it proper to make the fol-
lowing statement: In January last the
President said to me that he had been con-
templating the making of 9. public declar-
alton which would take him out Of the
field as a candidate in 1883. He said that
he was led to this conclusion not only by
personal considerations, but because he
thought such course would relieve him
from imputatiOns which were daily cast
upon him, and which interfered with his
usefulness in Office.
After listening to the Presidents OBJ
serYations, and supposing that he wished
an expression Of my opinien, L told him
that thought such declaration would be
very unwise and that it would increase his
perplexities, rather than diminish them.
/ also said it was not for him to say whether
he would be a candidate for reelection or
not. That was matter to be decided by
the Democracy, who had honored him
greatly and who had right to his services
if they desired them. l also urged that no
tradition would be broken by his candidacy
for secono term, and that it might be most
important TO his barty and the country that
he should be reelected. After long con-
versation upon this subject, the effect of
which was as l have stated, the matter was
dropped, and has not since been alluded to
except in a casual manner. l have never
had in my possession a letter from the
President with reference to a second term,
nor have ever seen such letter or the
draft of one. have not been in Washing
ton since the 4th of this month. II the
President has arrived at the determination
suggested in his conversation with me last
January 1 do not know it. But, knowing
well his character, [ am confident that If
he thinks it his duty to decline a re-
nomination, he will make his intention
public in a way which will render MIS-
understanding of 1t impossible"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Objectionable Patterns.

talked of stove patterns of Bridge, Beach
& Co., of st. Louis, have arrived in this
city, but the fact of their arrival has not
yet become generally known among the
molders. No meeting has taken place in
regard to the patterns and none is likely
to occur unless the Stove Molders' Union,
of this city, calls one, The general opinion
seems to be that there will be no strike in
this locality on account of the objection
able st. Louis patterns. 49,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
pissolyed Thelr ORGANIZATION.

PITTsBURe, April 25.-The Greenback
Labor party of Allegheny County, at a
large meeting here this evening, formally
dissolved their organization and in body
entered the Commoners party, the or.
ganization here built up on Henry Georges
land theory. This move adds between
1000 and 5000 members to the Commoners
party, which is already possessed of con-
siderable strength in this section,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Convincing Prnnf..

BERLIN, April 25-The Judge who issued
the warrant for the arrest of Schnabeles
asserts that he possesses convincing proof
that Schnabeles was the principal of a
party of conspirators in league with French
officers who met at the Cafe Ehrhardt In
Sirasburg. The proprietor of the cafe and
two architects, named Klein and Grebers,
have been arrested.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
More Papers Sent to Berlin.

PARIS, April 25.-Further papers relat-
ing to the Schnaoeles affair have been dis
patched to Berlin, including fac SMILES Of
two letters from Commissary Gautsch,
showing that Schnabeles was induced to
cross the frontier by false pretenses. Prince
Bismarck was first made cognizant of the
affair through the French Government.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
NEW THEATRICAL DEPARTURE.
Formal Inauguration OF the Chicago Con-
servatory Stock Company.

CHICAGO, April 25,-McVicker's Theater
was tonight the scene of a new departure
in theatrical wav, and one that drew a
large and fashionable audience. The nov
city was the opening of the inaugural sea-
son of The Chicago Conservatory Stock
Company. The company is composed of
advanced pupils of the Chicago Con-
servatory of Dramatic and Musical
Art who have for two years past
acted as auziliaries at the Chicago Opera
house, and played leading parts at the
monthly public receptions given at that
theater by the MANAGEMENT OF the con-
servatory. Its formal Inauguration as a
permanent organization, to be maintained
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
ProbabIe strike of Glass Workers,

PITTsBURG, April 25.-The glass mixers
and teasers of the West, who recently de-
are now considering the advlsability of
ordering a general strike to take effect on
next Wednesday morning. If they decide
upon such action they say they will give
the manufacturers every chance to finish
up all work before the strike begins, so that
there will be no unnecessary waste. They
are assured of the support of the Knights
of Labor, -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Both Sides Determined to Stand by Their
Respective Associations.
Pitisburg Glass Workers Considering the Ad-
visibility Of Ordering General Strike.
General Ohicers of the X. of L. Declare
War on All Labor Papers Not in Accord
With the Present Administration.
sTOvE.MAKING SUSPENDED.
All the FOundries in Troy, New York,
Closed.


Troy, N. Y, April 25.-The boycotted
stove patterns from st. Louis arrived in
this city Saturday night, and, as a result,
the molders having decided not to use
them, stove-making in Troy in the foun-
dries of the Defense Association is at an
end for the present. The foundries were
all closed to-day, the molders having at
tended in q body the funeral of one of
their number. The boycotted patterns
will be placed in the sand tomorrow morn
ing by the Fuller & Warren Company, the
Bussey & Mcleod Company, Burdette,
Smith d Co. and the Cooperative Stove
Works, and there they will be until a set
tlement of the strike at st. LOUIS is ef-
fected. Both sides here understanding
the situation fully, there is the best of
feeling between the manufacturers and
the men, but both are firm in the de-
termination to stand by their respective
associations. About 500 molders are af-
fected by the shutdown.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27

LONDON, April 25.-It is generally
thought that Mr.. Gladstone's attack upon
Mr.. Goschen's financial plans Will cause
the Government to modify its local loan
proposals, and probably its proposals rela-
tive to the tobacco duties, but 1t is believed
that the main features of the sinking fund
and income tax reductions will be main
tanned
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27

he used to see at a window opposite his
hotel at Gastein and in whom he took an
interest. He has asked her to come to
Gsstein yearly during his soiourn there.
The young lady, whose name is Kern, is to
be emarried to amerchant named Kilian, at
Ielau. in Morayia
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Victor HuCo,s viii Probated.

LONDON, April 25.-VIctor hugo's will
has been admitted to probate. His prop
erty in England is valued at e92, 900. His
daughter and grandchildren are sole heirs.
AD annuity of 9400 was lett to the widow
of his son Charles.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Passed Its second Reading,

BERLIN, April 25.-In the Lower House
of the Prussian Diet to-day the new eccles-
iastical bill passed its second reading in
the form in which the Upper House ap.
proved it. The clause admitting certain
religious orders in Prussia was approved by
a vote of go to III,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
X. of L. Assembly Disbanded.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 25.-The. silver
smiths employed at the Gorham Manu-
featuring Company 's,works have voted to
disband the local assembly of the Knights of
Labor in'this city to which they belong.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Alarm in Berlin.

BERLIN, April 25.-The tone of the COM
ments of the press on the Schnabeles affair
and fresh rumoTs in relation to the arrest
are causing alarm in Berlin.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27

Bishop Keane, of Richmond, Va, has
received the Papal brief, advising the
founding of Catholic university IL
America.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
A Wedding Preaenf.

BERLIN, April 25.-Emperor William has
sent beautiful diamond bracelet as a
wedding present to Jewish maiden, whom
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
How Men Drink Farms.

The Pio'raali. in characteristic way,
tells how men drink farms .
Ny homeless friend with the ehromat-
ic nose, while you are stirring up the
sugar in that teu-ccnt glass Of gin let me
give you fact 10 wash If down with.
You say you have for years longed for the
free, independent life Of a farmer, but
you have never been able to get enough
money to buy farm But that Is just
where you are mistaken. For several
years you have been drinking good i'm
proved farm at'the rate of one hundred
square feet a gulp. Ifyou doubt this state
ment. figure II out yourself, An acre Of
land contains forty-three thousand five
hundred and sixty square feet. EstiIaa-
ting for convenience sake, at S43.56 per
acre, you viii see that brings the land TO
just one mill per square foot, one cent for
ten SQUARE feet. Now pour the fiery dose
and imagine you are swallow ing straw
berry patch. Gail in i've Of your friends
and have them help you 70 gulp down
that i've hundred foot garden. Get on a
prolonged spree some day, and see how
long a time il requires to swallow pas
ture large enough % feed GOV. Put
down that glass Of gin there's dirt in il
one hundred square feet of good, rich
dirt, worth 1890 per acre.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
Horace GreeIey's Style.

Mr. Greely began his editorial career
when euphemisms and the our esteem
ed contemporary style were not in vogue
Ii was the fashion in the early days Of
newspapers not only 70 call a spade,
spade, out to load the handle Of it also
with no ambiguous epithets. He had
cultivated strong Saxon style all his life
as transparent as Franklin ;, as blunt and
pointed as Cobbetts. and no reader ever
laid down an article which be bad penn
ed with the slightest doubt in his mind
a % what was meant by it. tie was the
last representative Ofthat personal journ-
alism w.,ich made editor and paper one
thing
The plain country reader alway relig-
iOusiy believed that Horace Greeley
wrote every thing that was printed in; ne
Tribune, unless il was the signed letter Of
some correspondent, and there were those
even who, not very long before he died,
used 10 ask him when they met him on
bis lecturing tours when their subscription
to the paper would expire am not
sure bat he might have known how to
answer this question occasionally for
he kept wonderful memory al com
nland, and could tell you how certain OBJ
seure towns and counties voted on many
previous elections. No such easy and
friendly relation is now maintaind BY s.
great paper with its patrons as that which
Mr.. Greeley kept up even TO the very
last years OF his career, and it viii be i'm
possible to behold again smother editor
at one - great and 30 soflmiliar-.iosi Ban
f0a iu TIs Cssn0pali'qn
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
The Efficacy of Onions.

Those who are IL the habit Of indulg-
ing in raw onions, said medical man.
may De consoled for the social disadvant-
ages which eRsue by the fast that onions
are about the best nervine known. N0
medicine is really - efiicscioGs in cases
of nervous prostrstion, and they tone up
a worn-out system in very short time.
Their absorbent powers are also most
valuable, especially in times ofeyi.iemic
II has been repeatedly ol,servesi that an
onion patch in the immediate vicinity
Of house acts as shield against the
pestilence, which is very apt TO pass over
the inmates Of that house. Sliced onions
in sax noon absorb all the germs and
prevent contagion. During an epidemic
the confirmed onion eater should, how
ever. eschew his usual diet, as the germs
Of disease are present in the onion. and
contagion can easily result
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
The Old Man Cured EN-.


1t appears that m this hank the elerks
we're Frequently rsanpsilea q ask tiie
s~yine TELLER f,rs huir iinssnsiai .sssisi
snee esiween she pay days. ana lis b
lsg u kindly disposition. c.eshe,. tlrlr
dse bills. carrying tie faeer IN tEe drae-
er a. 20 nnch cash. At the end ~ the
month the advances were deducted from
the salaries Of those favored These pie
ces Of paper were professionally known
as SNAKES"
II - happened on one occasion that
the bank examiner paid his official visit
when there were in the drawer snakes
amounting to about 500. and the paying
teller was coapeiled 10 confess that he
oftra advanced money to the clerks IN
this manner It's had practice" said
the examiner. for il eneouragessextrava-
gtnee. and i liable 80 get vou into trou-
bic with the board Soon after his de-
parture the ca shier-a venerable old man
since deceased--approaehed the paying
teller and asked what was meant By the
term snakes which ne had overheard
used in tine conversation with the exam
iner There vas nothing ieft him huf 70
explain the whole matter, which he did
by telling how the young gentleman in
the bank were behind hand in their IL
nances and were forced 10 nsgotiats short
Ions each mouth
And l. this really the condition Of
our Young men p remarked the cashier.
I'm sorry TO say yes
How much Of this paper is there in
the drawer
About 500
80 much As that? Let me see the
paper
The little due bills we're handed him.
and ne walked into his private office Ia
a few minutes he came out With cheek
in his hand II was his personal cheek
for the full amount OF the snakes" sand
he:
~ Put this in the drawer. viii give
these Young men chance and he tore
into small pieees the numerous due bills
They are now free and let them keep
80. Don't advance anymore money
Hereafter I viii loan It out Of my private
funds. What they owe Is nov cancele'i-
II took about five minutes for tiis little
affair b. be- known in the bank, and eg-
cry man in that Pla'e Al once proceeded
to grumble to himself because be did
not have snake in the drawer at that
particular moment.-PhiIG,isiDA. DA.a Bgiis-
-,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
The Future of Farming.


Nothing Is more sare than the future
Of farming in this country-if it Is to De
made 10 pay at all--can De made renu-
nerative only BY a complete change Of
system. The change viii never be brought
about 80 long as wheat growing = made a
specially. II Is already proving Itself 10
be the issue of American agriculture, not
only yielding no profit 70 the grower, but
in taking the LIES blood out Of the soil
and shipping 1t of IN grain II cannot
be observed, even by the common run Of
farmers. that farming IN this country Is
carried on % ruinoas disadvantage BY
reason Of growing low priced and soil
exhausting crops, coupled with expensive
and perishable machinery required 10
save and prepare them for market; and
that these are the scources which oPer-
ate Is a perpetual drain on the farmers
income. But. a. before said, the charge
must come, and come only through the
aid Of grass. and in growing such animals
a. viii produce the highest priced meats,
not only in the markets Of this country
bat of the world. whether on the hoof. in
carcasses or in casks Instead Of impoy-
erishing soil, az do crops Of wheat and
corn, grass performs the part Of an inn
prover OF is fertility It Is for the butch
er, ami not the miller. that the farmer
should now be growing his crops.
Another thing, md that is not much
titled must necessarily De Wen manured,
and as this Is very expensive the farmer
has no source 10 look % than grass aud
stock He should therefore, quit raising
20 much wheat. and raise more Of such
crops as can be Ted on his land. and thus
convert them into beef and mutton
Even if there should be 40 money in it.
it Is better than losing oa wheat, besides
it will at least enable him 10 support his
family, keep out Of debt, and, above ali,
maintain the fertility Of his land, ami
thus be taking no steps backward. But
the farmer who relies upon wheat as his
principal crop not only fails to make any
money by it, but Is wearing out his land
as we'll Il hardly needs any argument
20 prove these faces, and that the men
who are improving their opportunities
are the men who give more Of their at
tenti0n 70 stock raising, and these not
only lay the foundation for an easier sys-
tenn Of farming. but keepup the fertility
of their land .-Bafiatore .Sssn